Description
This small vessel was likely made as a teapot for the European export market. The different colored overglaze enamels, orange, blue, green, and yellow, combine with a wiry black outline to form the design of a singing bird on a flowering bough repeated on each side of the pot.
Provenance
(Bluett and Sons, London, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin) (?–1958); Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1958–1964); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1964-)
Accession Number
1964.250
Medium
Porcelain with overglaze color enamel (Arita ware)
Dimensions
height with lid: 13.3 x 7.8 cm (5 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Classification
Ceramic
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
